KMT to retain usual selection process for presidential candidate

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Taipei, The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) decided Wednesday not to change the process for the selection of its presidential candidate for the 2020 election.

The decision was made in a meeting of the party's Central Standing Committee.

The KMT's presidential primary usually takes into consideration public opinion polls and party member surveys, giving them a 70 percent and 30 percent weighting, respectively.

A proposal for the primary process to be changed was raised by KMT Chairman Wu Den-yih who reportedly will be seeking to run for president in 2020.

Several KMT members, including former New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu former lawmaker Chou Hsi-wei and former Legislative Yuan Speaker Wang Jin-pyng have either declared or hinted at their intentions to join the race in 2020.

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